Security Research Engineer, AI Safety and Security Engineering
$224k - $431k • Remote • US, CA, Santa Clara
Posted 1d ago
Job Location
US, CA, Santa Clara
Tech Stack
Remote Work Policy
Fully remote
Categories
AI Engineer
About the job
NVIDIA is seeking a Security Research Engineer to join its AI Safety & Security Engineering team. This role focuses on advancing AI-powered tooling to find, validate, and patch software vulnerabilities. You will apply rigorous security judgment to confirm vulnerabilities and define correct, safe fixes, ensuring they repair flaws, protect existing behavior, and withstand revalidation. The work involves developing repeatable methods, establishing high engineering standards, and documenting reasoning for security reviews. While AI-assisted workflows are integral, a disciplined skepticism towards their outputs is also crucial. Your contributions will shape the program's understanding of trustworthy patching and help decide future vulnerability class targets.
Responsibilities
- Develop techniques to confirm vulnerabilities are real and reachable.
- Advance approaches for generating and verifying safe fixes.
- Define correctness, regression, and revalidation standards with reviewers.
- Conduct applied research on bounded vulnerability classes against internal targets.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience with 12+ years in security research or software engineering.
- Hands-on vulnerability research, fuzzing, program analysis, or secure development in C, C++, or Python.
- Demonstrate rigor regarding fix correctness, safety, regression, and behavior preservation.
- Comfort using AI-assisted tools for analysis and development.
Benefits
- Competitive salaries
- Generous benefits package
- Equity
- Health insurance
- Paid time off